Velentine day Gift (flower)

Set in Los Angeles on February 14th, Valentine's Day features at least a dozen big namesandnearly as many interwoven story lines. It's an American Love Actually, or better yet,agirlyCrashwithout the guns and pretensions. Its vast ensemble cast includes four Oscarwinners:Kathy Bates, Jamie Foxx, Shirley MacLaine and Julia Roberts. The film hits theaterstwodaysbefore the actual Valentine's Day, which means it could still  jumpstartthefloralandcandysectorsofthe economy. What's not to like?

(See who will win at the Oscars.)

Plenty, if you listen to a young actor named Alex Meraz, who played one of the non-Taylor-Lautner werewolves in last summer's New Moon. Flying without a publicist, Meraz slammed the movie as "lame and desperate" and part of a "get rich quick skeem[sic]" in a recent tweet — notwithstanding the fact that his wolfpack mate Lautner is a member of the Valentine's Day cast. The insult likely rolled right off the back of director Garry Marshall, who has surely developed a pretty thick skin over the course of his 75 years — he did direct Beaches and Georgia Rule after all.